Biography

Stir up a gravel-silk-and-honey vocal blend, add strings and wings, and you’ve got He-Bird, She-Bird, a harmony-driven Americana roots music trio from Long Island, NY. Sparks of contemporary folk, country, bluegrass and gospel fuel their stand-out originals & spirited cover interpretations. In June 2017 they released their debut album, He-Bird, She-Bird, featuring twelve original songs with full band instrumentation. Check out the distinctive sound of He-Bird, She-Bird – people are flocking to see them!

Todd Evans is a longtime advocate and curator of live local music and a director of The Bluegrass Club of Long Island (BCLI), a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. The first band he performed in was The Clam Diggers in fifth grade, and many years later, he continues to learn through several music-related projects and configurations. Ask him what his musical approach is and he’ll tell you, “If you listen real closely to the song, it’ll tell you what to do.”

California native Terri Hall has studied piano, voice, and saxophone, and has sung with every choir and chorus that would have her. After moving east, she got up out of the alto section and began playing and singing at local jams, where she found her musical soul mates. A natural-born storyteller, Terri holds a degree in History with an emphasis in Ethnomusicology; she has set her sights on giving a TED Talk.

Christine Kellar has been transfixed and transported by vocal harmonies for as long as she can remember. She loves charting vocal arrangements, and aims one day to publish choral pieces and stage a children’s musical. Among her previous musical projects is Dance on the Planet, an album of original children’s music.

He-Bird, She-Bird performs across Long Island and the New York metropolitan area at venues ranging from large fairs and festivals to intimate house concerts. Come out and connect with the distinctive sound of He-Bird, She-Bird -- people are flocking to see them!